Tammy & Victor: They ran a good leg tonight. They got lucky to find a driver right off the bat, while the other teams all had to scramble to find their own drivers. But Victor cleaned up at the Roadblock, and they both rocked the Shakers Detour. But Victor's voice is starting to bug me something fierce now. Still like them, but take it down a notch, please, Victor.

Mel & Mike: Great job figuring out a good way to blow through the Roadblock the way you did, Mel. But no more pity parties when you think you've lost the whole race for yourself and Mike, okay? I'm getting a sad fifth- or fourth-place-finisher vibe from them, absolutely.

Kisha & Jen: Wow, they really made up for last week's near-disaster. Kisha rocked out that Roadblock (after figuring out she could use the basket, of course), and Jen seemed really comfortable doing the Shakers Roadblock despite being laughed at. Their speed helped them win that footrace, so good on them.

Margie & Luke: For once, not too much of them this week. But I loved Margie being reminded that she's the "Bionic Woman." I don't know how they heard about Tammy's nickname for her. Luke surprisingly had rhythm at the Shakers Detour. The deaf guy has rhythm. Who knew?

Jaime & Cara: They're still my favorite team. But my issue with them this week was not their task performance, as they did that pretty well, but their local interactions. Jaime, PLEASE CALM DOWN. Your driver didn't mean to make you think he'd abandoned you and Cara. And not all people at a task will speak English. Be lucky you have Cara there at all, or you'd have blown up long ago.

Mark & Michael: For being the one team to pick the needle-in-a-haystack Detour alone, I reeeeaaaalllly hoped that'd be the final nail in the coffin for them. And this is coming from someone who LIKES them. They were last out of the Detour, yet somehow reached the Pit Stop before Christie & Jodi. Probably a faster cab driver in the end.

Christie & Jodi: It looks like their Speed Bump isn't really what hurt them that much. I think they were disadvantaged by their cab driver stopping for gas. That put them way too far back to even have a chance. Without that mishap, I think they'd have beaten Mark & Michael. Still, when Jodi mentioned missing her daughter, I knew they were probably toast. It's the Women's Team Curse of India, and after striking Monica & Sheree, Tian & Jaree, and Kelly & Christy, it struck Christie & Jodi, too, though just barely. I'm gonna miss them. The show won't be the same without them at all.

I'd have done Shakers for the Detour myself, and I probably wouldn't have thought of the baskets, either, until seeing Mel doing it, so I sympathize will all the other racers doing that Roadblock.

Tammy and Victor - They had a smooth and flawless leg didn't they. Nice to see them win another leg. =)

Mel and Mike - Wow, this team is pretty amazing I must say. Everytime they thought they were screwed, they'd do so well. Recall the time Mel waited what seemed like an eternity for the wind to change, and they soared to second place too. Nice.

Kisha and Jen - Lol at Kisha stuffing the hay into her shirt! They ran a good leg, but I guess their time is almost up.

Luke and Margie - Well they either finish first or fourth, lol. Love this team, love how Luke was so sad over the poverty in India, that was a moving scene. And, "Bionic woman", lol.

Cara and Jaime - Thank God their driver did not really run off with their bags. Jaime really needs to cool down.

Mark and Michael - Was hoping they'd be eliminated but... Too bad. They got a good driver I must say.

Christie and Jodi - Sigh, saw a little hope for them when they finished their Speed Bump and were in sixth. Most of the time teams who finished ahead would reach the pit-stop ahead but not for this case, they ultimately lost to Mark and Michael. Zzz. Usually I'd hope for the team behind to catch up, this time was hoping Christie and Jodi would maintain their lead but, sigh. And yeah, I agree it was probably their cab driver that cost them the race. If he hadn't stopped for gas, they could have stayed in. But I still love them, they ran a wonderful race, perservered all the way, they gave their best! =)

Has anyone found Dhula? Even though the Devanagari is available (below), I can't get a match using tools like Quillpad or Google Indic. Jodi mentions in this interview that the road to Pushkar is the wrong direction:

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TVGuide.com: What happened after you left he airport? You were second to leave and then you stopped for gas.Jodi: We had a taxi driver that took us, once again, 30 minutes in the wrong direction. We went toward Pushkar and our driver insisted even though we said Dhula Village, but he thought for sure we were going to Pushkar. That was the big thing. The gas [we had to stop for] was just the icing on the cake!

Most of the time teams who finished ahead would reach the pit-stop ahead but not for this case, they ultimately lost to Mark and Michael. Zzz.

Also happened to Kynt & Vyxsin when it was down to them and Nathan & Jennifer. Left their final Roadblock first, but lost the final race to the Pit Stop.

From what I recall, they did finish ahead of the goths. However, oddly enough, all of the times I remember this happen happened in India:~ Nancy/Emily finishing last at the Delhi RB, then finishing 5th in Agra~ Tian/Jaree finishing the Alleppey Detour in 5th, then finishing last~ Meredith/Gretchen finishing the Jodhpur RB last, then checking in 4th~ Dandrew finishing last at the Delhi Detour, then checking in ahead of Ken/Tina

With further effort, I located Dhula Village (actually to be more precise I found one in Madhya Pradesh which is not the right one and one a suburb of Jaipur which is the right one). Please go to the Maps! Maps! Maps! thread and look for post #46 for the map.

I've been in Jaipur in November. First, it isn't summer. Jaipur is in the northern hemisphere (as I am certain that you know). My source states "summer months of April to early July having average daily temperatures of around 30oC". Second, it isn't hot by India standards. My recollection of 15 years ago is that high temperatures were mid 70s. The tempeerature range for Jaipur is 13 degrees C to 29 degrees C in November. Take the middle of that range and you have 21 degrees C, which is actually 70 degrees F.

Had their (Christie and Jodi)'s driver "not stopped for gas earlier in this episode, they might still be racing." That is the impression that the telecast leaves. However, it is well known from interviews that that driver tried to take them to Pushkar and that almost all of the lost time was involved in that and only a small amount in stopping for gas.